We often hear, that the population of Pakistan is increasing very rapidly. This has been proven in the recent census results. Not only, the population of Pakistan has reached 207,774,521 but also there is a strong trend of urbanization. The population of the ten biggest cities in Pakistan has increased 74.4 percent since the 1998 census. Some of the results are quite surprising and people have shown their reservations on them. However, these are the results that we have got so far from other news sources like ProPakistani and Samaa news channel. According to the 2017 census results, here are the top ten most populated cities of Pakistan in 2017. These results only show the population of the metropolitan areas of these cities.
10 – Quetta
Metropolitan Area Population: 1,001,205
9 – Islamabad
Metropolitan Area Population: 1,014,825
8 – Hyderabad
Metropolitan Area Population: 1,732,693
7 – Multan
Metropolitan Area Population: 1,871,843
6 – Peshawar
Metropolitan Area Population: 1,970,042
5 – Gujranwala
Metropolitan Area Population: 2,027,001
4 – Rawalpindi
Metropolitan Area Population: 2,098,231
3 – Faisalabad
Metropolitan Area Population: 3,203,846
2 – Lahore
Metropolitan Area Population: 11,126,285
1 – Karachi
Metropolitan Area Population: 14,910,352
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